Highlights:
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| Boatola - Dr. Zanzal examines a patient at our free medical camp |
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| Check dam built by volunteers in Compartment No. 108 |
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| Pitezari - Dr. Zanzal examines patient at our free medical camp |
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| Members of women's self-help groups are briefed about alternative livelihood options by our Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve |
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| Volunteers clean waterhole in Compartment No. 107 |
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| Bagadband - Volunteers clear area around a hand pump as part of our community assistance programme to promote public hygiene |
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| Koylari - Mukund Dhurve briefs children before a wildlife film screening |
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| Umarzari - Volunteers participate in plastic clean-up programme |
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| Day patrolling at Compartment No. 107 |
The full report:
Team:
Mukund Dhurve -
Conservation Officer
Jivraj Salam -
Field assistant
Salimkumar Dhurve - Field assistant
Highlights
·
Joined Forest Department staff on 5 patrols
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4 programmes to clean water holes in Compartments
no.109, 110, 106 and 107
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6 community assistance voluntary work
projects – programmes to clean area next to hand pumps at Sodlagondi, Asalpani,
Bagadband, Bodalkasa, Alezari and Kodebarra
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7 anti-plastic programmes at Umarzari, Sodlagondi,
Asalpani, Bagadband, Bodalkasa, Alezari and Kodebarra
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Organised 5 education programmes in schools
focusing on migratory birds -793 students attended
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Organised 6 education van programmes which were
attended by 785 students
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Organised 6 medical camps in which 71 patients
got free treatment
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Build check dam in compartment no. 108
Conservation
Our team organised
4 programmes in December to clean water holes in Compartments 109, 110, 106,
107.
Our team also
organised 6 community assistance programmes in December to clear areas
around hand pumps at Sodlagondi, Asalpani, Bagadband, Bodalkasa, Alezari and
Kodebarra. Unemployed youths from Mangezari participated in all programmes
which were led by Mukund and Salimkumar. Details of the programmes are given in
the table above.
Water had spilled over while people drew from the hand pumps
and had stagnated, leading to proliferation of mosquitoes and insects. Our
teams cleared the areas, removing scum and organic growth and dug canals to
drain away the water.
Our team joined the Forest Department in day and night patrols
on the roads from Mangezari to Kodebarra, Mangezari to Jindatola, Mangezari to Govindtola,
Mangezari to Bagadband and in Compartment no. 106 on December 7, 13, 23, 25 and
29.
Besides our staff, volunteers from a youth club at Mangezari
also joined in the patrols. The youth club was set up with our assistance and
is mentored by our Conservation Officer Mukund Dhurve.
During the month, our team organised 7 anti-plastic programmes to clean
polythene/plastic litter from villages. The programmes were organised on December
4, 6, 14, 15, 18, 24 and 26 at Umarzari, Sodlagondi, Asalpani, Bagadband,
Bodalkasa, Alezari and Kodebarra villages respectively. Mukund,
Salimkumar and Jivraj organised the programmes which were attended by villagers
and village eco-development committee (VEDC) members. The plastic litter has
been kept in our Mangezari office and will be sent to Tiroda for recycling.
The Government of Maharashtra has issued the buffer zone
notification for the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve. Following this, doubts
have sprung up in the minds of villagers as to how they will be affected by the
notification. Due to the doubts, some villagers are opposing the notification.
To clear these doubts and misgivings, we organised a total of 4 awareness
programmes during December in 4 villages – Umarzari, Thadezari, Chorkhamara and
Asalpani.
There were 5 education programmes
during December 2016.
Education van
There were 6 film shows during
the month of December.
Employment Cell activities
Information was given to members of local self-help groups (SHGs)
in our area of operations about various livelihood training programmes
available through Government agencies and Star Swayam Rozgar Kendra of Bank of
India. 69 members were present in this program.
MHU
There were 6 health camps in December
at which 71 patients received free treatment.
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